Gkar said:
"Because I can put analog phones on the largest PBX in the world does that make it a analog switch like the Partner?"

I will say it again, Run away really fast from those people.

No it is still a digital switch but those ports are analog. And the digital phones you hook up to the digital ports are digital... Partner does not have digital ports for the sets nor does it have digital sets....So the partner system is not..... again is not a digital system.......
The talk path on a partner system is the wb/bw pair the data and power for the set is the wo/ow pair... If you have a talk path on a seperate pair of wires it is not a digital system... with a digital system you have a data stream on one pair.... There are digital systems that use a second pair to power the phones... but do not use it as a talk path. Above posts have already answered the question "which is better"

Walter
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